Psilogramma menephron

Australian Privet Hawk Moth

Psilogramma menephron
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Psilogramma
Species:	P. menephron
Binomial name
*Psilogramma menephron* (Cramer, 1780)^[1]
Synonyms
Sphinx menephron Cramer, [1780] Sphinx menephron discistriga Walker, 1856 Psilogramma melanomera (Butler, 1875) Sphinx ahrendti Pagenstecher, 1888

The Privet Hawk Moth (Psilogramma menephron) is a member of the Family Sphingidae. It is usually found in Sri Lanka, India (including the Andaman Islands), Nepal, central and southern China, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia and the Philippines. Psilogramma casuarinae from eastern Australia was long treated as a synonym, but is now thought to be a distinct species. The introduced population on Hawaii was first thought to be menephron, but is in fact Psilogramma increta.

Description

The wingspan is 82–138 mm.

Dorsal male MHNT
Ventral male MHNT
Dorsale female MHNT
Ventral female MHNT
Caterpillar

Biology

Larvae have been recorded on Clerodendrum fortunatum, Ligustrum species (including Ligustrum sinense), Fraxinus, Jasminum, Tectona grandis, Vitex negundo, Callicarpa arborea, Lonicera, Perilla and Osmanthus sesamum.

References

↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.

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